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Chip Bulletins and Advisories

Title: Chip Bulletin #50: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Migration Readiness for Chip Manufacturing and Card Personalization

Published Date: 6/3/2026 NEW

Abstract: Provides chip card vendors and card personalization bureaus with information about the migration from Triple Data Encryption Standard (TDES) to Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and outlines how this transition affects chip cards and chip card personalization.

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Title: Chip Bulletin #16: Specifications and Applets - Availability and Sunsetting

Published Date: 10/14/2025

Abstract: Outlines Visa's current offerings and plans for sunsetting older specifications and applets for cards and terminals.

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Title: Chip Bulletin #36: Card Lifecycle Management Policy

Published Date: 4/7/2026

Abstract: This bulletin announces updates to the Visa Chip Card Lifecycle Management Policy that allow card products to be assigned a “Usage Period” of up to ICCN + 15 years, an increased from the current limit of ICCN + 12 years.

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Title: Chip Bulletin #39: Mobile Specifications and Applets - Availability and Sunsetting

Published Date: 3/1/2023

Abstract: Outlines Visa's current mobile offerings and plans for sunsetting older specifications and applets.

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Title: Chip Bulletin #47: Personalization Bureaus Must Reset ATR to Approved Values

Published Date: 4/10/2019

Abstract: Reminder that the Answer to Reset (ATR) on EMV contact chip cards must be set to the EMVCo-tested and approved value prior to card issuance to avoid interoperability problems.

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Title: Visa Chip Bulletin 48 - Preparing for 8-digit BINs

Version: 2.0

Published Date: 10/13/2023

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Title: Chip Bulletin #49: Mapping of GP Broker CDCVM parameters to VBSS Biometric Application Data

Published Date: 11/1/2022

Abstract: Defines how the VSDC applet maps the values received from the GP Broker on Broker Event to the Biometric Application Data described in the Visa Biometric Sensor on Card Specification version 1.0.2.

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